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Vol. 67 No. 36
College Station, Texas
Friday, October 29, 1971
Friday — Partly cloudy, north
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845-2226
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LONDON —Parliament vot-
t d Thursday night to take Britain
Into the European Common Mar-
let, giving up a thousand years
if independent power status for
L role in a united Europe.
The historic decision, Britain’s
nost important foreign policy
ihift in this century, came when
he House of Commons voted 356
« 244 to accept entry terms in
irinciple, a Conservative govern-
ient majority of 112.
Earlier Thursday the House of
xirds, traditionally dominated by
Conservatives among the heredi
tary and appointed peers, ratified
Common Market membership, 451
to 58.
Three other applicant nations
-Ireland, Norway and Denmark
-must still decide whether to ac
cept the entry terms offered
them.
Together with Britain and the
six founding members — West
Germany, France, Italy, Belgium,
The Netherlands and Luxembourg
—they would form the largest
free trade market in the world,
with a population of some 250
million people, and rival the eco
nomic power of the United States
or the Soviet Union.
In the longer term, enlarge
ment of the Common Market
could pave the way for creating
a political union speaking as a
third superpower in world af
fairs.
The vote approved this motion:
“That this House approves Her
Majesty’s government’s decision
of principle to join the European
communities on the basis of the
arrangements which have been
negotiated.”
Prime Minister Edward Heath
discarded the idea that the globe
girdling British Commonwealth
could offer an effective alterna
tive to the common market as an
economic, military and political
grouping.
And he discounted the idea that
Britain on its own can exercise
any realistic influence in the
world on issues of economic and
fiscal policies.
“We are dangerously vulnera
ble to protectionist pressures if
no satisfactory outcomes to the
world’s problems are achieved,”
he said.
Former Prime Minister Harold
Wilson lashed the Heath govern
ment’s acceptance of the terms
offered by the six-nation conti
nental group.
“The terms involve an intoler
able and disproportionate burden
on every family in the land,” he
cried.
He accused Heath of “grovel
ling to his French patrons” and
said this had weakened British
\&M voter
planned to
regis tra tion
open Monday
A&M voter registration drive
begins Monday, Senate Issues
chairman James McLeroy an
nounced, pointing out that all
citizens of Texas must re-register
to vote in 1972, regardless of any
registration prior to Oct. 1, 1971.
Student deputy registrars, with
tie official capacity to register
voters, will be conducting dorm
drives in their respective dorms.
These and other deputy registrars
will be operating booths at the
Memorial Student Center, the Li
brary and the Academic Building
which will be open daily from
8 to 5.
“All students should register
during the first week,” McLeroy
said. “However, the drive will
continue.”
Students may register in the
drive to vote in Brazos County
or their home county. Due to a
took j •
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Bay-
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Rating of Distinguished Cadet
is given Air ROTC members
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Distinguished Cadet status has
been accorded 22 Air Force
ROTC cadets at A&M, indicating
the recipients have potential for
becoming regular officers in the
U.S, Air Force.
Col. Robert F. Crossland, pro-
lessor of aerospace studies, said
the Distinguished Cadets are
David A. Allen of Irvin; James
A. Carey, Carrizo Springs;
Wayne C. Edwards, Coilege Sta
hl 01 '; Michael M. Essmyer and
Stanley A. Friedli, San Antonio.
Also, Daniel C. Garner and Da-
v >d L. Moore, Dallas; John E.
Ml, Warren F. Richter and Wil
liam B. Smith, Tyler; James H.
J °nes, Michael R. Krenek, John
W. Kugler, Wayne A. Lutz,
James C. McLeroy, Joseph H.
Phillips and Charles S. Williams
‘D> Houston.
bn addition, Leonard M. Legge
Jr., Fort Worth; John T. Marrs,
Monahans; Derron J. Patterson,
Navasota; Michael L. Richard
son, Angleton, and William M.
Theis, Thomdale.
“D esignation as a Distin
guished Cadet denotes that a
cadet has demonstrated, through
his performance, the potential of
becoming a Distinguished Gradu
ate and possesses the qualities
and attributes essential for suc
cessful performance as a reg
ular officer in the U.S. Air
Force,” Colonel Crossland said.
Selection is based on high
moral character, leadership qual
ities demonstrated through
achievement on the campus, in
the Corps of Cadets and Air
Force field training, and high
standing in military and aca
demic classes.
recent court case in Denton, stu
dents may choose which county
to vote in. The decision in this
case makes it easy for a student
to transfer his registration to an
other county.
“Two legal points that need
to be emphasized are residence
and double registering,” McLeroy
said. “One must establish some
sort of residence in the new coun
ty, depending on the law there.
Also, it is a felony to be registered
in two places.”
A student registering at home
must vote absentee in all elec
tions, he added. It still is not
known if out-of-state students
can register in Texas, but this
question should be cleared up
soon.
The requirements for voting are
that the applicant must he 18
by April 1, 1972. After January
31, the deadline for registering,
new applicants must be 18 within
30 days of the registration date.
Applicants are not officially reg
istered until 30 days after the
date of application.
All registrations made prior to
Oct. 1, 1971 are invalid for 1972,
including national elections. The
new registration will be good for
three years.
McLeroy said that anyone wish
ing to help in the drive should
contact their dorm president or
Gordon Pilmer (845-1515), con
cerning on-campus civilians, Greg
Holman (823-5637), concerning
booths, Tony Best (845-1867) for
information on the Corps drive.
interests in the present —world
monetary crisis.
Then, responding to the chal
lenges of his opponents, Wilson
set out what a future Labor gov
ernment’s attitude would he if it
took office after Britain had be
come a member of an enlarged
community.
“One Parliament cannot hind
its successors,” he said.
“We would nevertheless recog
nize the signature of a treaty.
“We would give notice that we
would not accept the terms ne
gotiated by the Conservative gov
ernment, the burden of the com
mon agricultural policies, the
blows to the Commonwealth ...”
Many of the lawmakers were
red-eyed with weariness. The
House had sat through the pre
ceding night. Altogether more
than 220 of the 630 members of
the chamber had spoken since the
debate began six days ago.
About 3,000 people packed the
roadway outside the House of
Commons, waiting for the vote.
The crowd was mostly silent,
but at its center was a hard core
of anti-Common Market demon
strators brandishing Union flags
and placards condemning “the bu
reaucrats of Brussels.”
When the vote came over tran
sistor radios among the throng,
a great roar went up: “We’re
going into Europe.”
THE ART OF SHOESHINING in Houston has taken a fantastic stride forward, at least
in the eyes of this businessman. For a dollar a shoe, you can now get a shine while you
watch instead of wait. Raymond Jones, the owner of the new enterprise, says his girls
handle about 70 shines a day. (AP Wirephoto)
By CSC
Alternative to bonfire defeated
A motion that would insure the
Civilian Student Council’s sup
port of an alternative to this
year’s bonfire was defeated at
last night’s meeting.
The motion was introduced by
Brent Burford, Moses Hall presi
dent, during a lengthy debate
over the CSC’s official stand on
the bonfire question. It stated
that the CSC would not support
the bonfire without having an
other spirit-rousing activity for
those students disinterested in
participating in the bonfire prep
arations.
The discussion began after Jim
Ferguson, the Head Yell leader,
described this year’s site for ac
quiring wood. The cutting area,
he said, will be in a heavily wood
ed area north of Bryan where a
cooling plant is being built. “The
trees are going to be cut and
burned anyway,” he said.
CSC President Gordon Pilmer
remarked that bonfire enthusiasm
has been fading and that he
would rather go deer hunting
than work on the bonfire. He
went on to say that the ecologi
cal aspect of the issue would be
extremely important in the next
couple years. He feels that a
new, more constructive activity
should begin that could possibly
replace the bonfire in the future.
Pilmer suggested a fund-rais
ing march to help raise Aggie
spirit for the Texas football
game. Bryan-College Station
merchants would, he hopes, do
nate a small sum of money for
each mile walked by each student.
The money could be used for
scholarships.
The committee members agreed
that the extra activity would not
have to take place on the same
weekend as the bonfire. They
hoped that students would not
consider the activity as the CSC’s
attempt to replace the bonfire,
but only as another student proj
ect.
Rev. Hugh Beck of A&M’s Lu
theran Church suggested an eco
logical project, such as collecting
the litter from a certain area.
Fernando Giannetti, Schuhmach-
er Hall president, jokingly men
tioned a Woodstock-like festival
to supplement the bonfire. Paul
Ammons, the CSC parliamentar
ian who thoroughly exercised his
power during the meeting, mo
tioned that a study of bonfire
alternatives should be made and
presented at the next meeting.
The motion passed easily.
Earlier in the meeting it was
decided that a residence hall
newspaper be established to give
better coverage to dormitory ac
tivities and “give the CSC better
PR.” Each hall would have its
own reporter. Advertising would
hopefully pay the expense of pub
lication.
First guilty plea entered
Texas stock scandal
in
THE NEWEST ISOLATIONIST POLICY appears to be
"nd.er study. Actually Walt Maur, a member of an archae-
lo gical team from the University of Iowa, is searching for
remains of an ancient Indian community in southwest Iowa.
No lack of enthusiasm here. (AP Wirephoto)
DALLAS <-#’)—The first guilty
plea was entered to a charge aris
ing out of the Texas stock scan
dal Thursday, when Sam Stock,
a former president of National
Bankers Life Insurance Co., said
he would not contest one of the
four counts on which he was in
dicted.
Stock appeared for arraign
ment along with John Osorio,
former law partner of onetime
Texas Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr
and another ex-president of NBL,
and Donald E. Alins, once execu
tive vice president of NBL.
Stock, Osorio and Akins plead
ed innocent to felony charges of
conspiracy to embezzle assets of
the NBL employes pension fund.
Osorio and Stock also pleaded
not guilty to charges of embez
zlement and misapplying funds
of the Dallas Bank & Trust Co.
The count on which Stock did
plead guilty involved his failure
to make full disclosure about
NBL pension fund investment
transactions in an annual finan
cial report.
U. S. District Court Judge Wil
liam M. Taylor Jr. accepted
Stock’s guilty plea, but delayed
sentence until the whole case
against him has been heard. Pe
nalty on the county which he did
not contest could cost Stock a
$1,000 fine or six months in pris
on, or both.
Asst. U. S. Atty. Frank Mc
Gowan said that, if convicted, the
maximum penalty that could be
inflicted on Osorio would be a
$30,000 fine and-or 15 years in
prison. Stock could be fined up
to $31,000 and might have to
serve up to 15% years in prison,
while Akins could be fined $10,-
000 with five years in the peni
tentiary.
Taylor, who has charge of as
signment of cases in the local
federal courts this month, said
the trial would be before Judge
Joe Estes and might not start
until after the first of the year.
Brian Hussaker, for Osorio,
pointed out that his client had
“some business in Austin” set for
Jan. 24 and he hoped the Dallas
trial could be set for a later date.
He was referring to the criminal
indictment against Osorio alleg
ing that he made false statements
to the State Insurance Depart
ment.
U. S. Atty. Eldon Mahon said
Osorio, Stock and Akins would
be tried together on a date to
be set by Judge Estes.
The pension fund charge in
volves the $641,250 which was to
have been paid for 22,500 shares
of NBL stock by five of the as
tronauts. The astronauts backed
out of the proposed deal, which
had been masterminded by Hous
ton financier Frank W. Sharp,
and pension fund money was
used to buy in the stock.
Two A&M students to attend
23rd U. S. affairs conference
A&M delegates to the 23rd Stu
dent Conference on United States
Affairs (SCUSA) at West Point
in November will be Roberto J.
Lozano of Guadalajara, Mexico,
and Lucian A. Dade III of Hop
kinsville, Ky., announced Presi
dent Jack Williams.
SCUSA, similar to A&M’s Stu
dent Conference on National Af
fairs (SCONA), will deal with
the topic “U. S. Role in World
Affairs: Changing Patterns of
Power.”
Lozano, Dade and alternate
delegates James A. Lawson of
Fort Worth and Fidel Rodriguez
Jr. of Bishop are working on
SCONA XVII and are members
of the Corps of Cadets.
Major discussion areas will in-
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
elude Latin America, the USSR
and Eastern Europe, Southeast
Asia, the United Nations, arms
control, East Asia, the Middle
East, North Africa, the North
Atlantic and international eco
nomics and development.
Lozano, chairman of SCONA
XVII’s steering committee, is an
environmental design senior and
on the 1st Wing Staff. Dade
chairs SCONA arrangements,
commands Squadron 4 and is a
senior in industrial technology.
Lawson is a junior in electrical
engineering, arrangements vice
chairman and Squadron 4 mem
ber. Corps scholastic sergeant,
Rodriguez works on the arrange
ments committee and majors in
civil engineering. They will attend
the Nov. 17-20 SCUSA should
either Lozano or Dade be unable
to go.